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Hobolt, Sara. "Deciding on Europe: Voting Behavior in EU Referendums" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61439_index.html>

Hobolt, S. , 2004-09-02 "Deciding on Europe: Voting Behavior in EU Referendums" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61439_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper analyzes how voters decide in referendums on European integration. More specifically, it investigates how political information influences voting behavior. It argues that political information conditions the way in which people make decisions in referendums by altering the impact of the decision criteria that voters use. The impact of political information is examined not only at the individual, but also at the contextual level. It is hypothesized that variations in the context of the referendum - the intensity of the campaign - produce differences in the way in which citizens act in referendums. As the intensity of the referendum campaign increases, more information is available to citizens and voters will rely more heavily on sophisticated criteria, such as attitudes and issue positions on the EU. While the informational context influences voting patterns, individuals also vary in their awareness of politics. It is argued that people with high levels of political awareness receive more information, and consequently rely more on their own attitudes and less on elite cues when deciding. These theoretical propositions are tested by analyzing survey data from European referendums in Denmark, Ireland and Norway.

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